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Lexicon :: Strong's H5488 - sûp̄

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סוּף
Transliteration
sûp̄
Pronunciation
soof
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of Egyptian origin
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TWOT Reference: 1479

Strong’s Definitions

סוּף çûwph, soof; probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus:—flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H5488 in the following manner: Red (24x), flags (3x), weeds (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H5488 in the following manner: Red (24x), flags (3x), weeds (1x).

  1. reed, rush, water plant

    1. rushes

    2. sea of rushes

      1. of Red Sea

      2. of arms of Red Sea

      3. of Gulf of Suez

      4. of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּף çûwph, soof; probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus:—flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489.
STRONGS H5488: Abbreviations
† I. סוּף noun masculineJon 2:6 reeds, rushes (collective) (probably loan-word from Egyptian ṭwfi, reeds, SteindBAS i. 603 ErmanZMG xivi (1892), 122; Semitic according to WMMAs. u.Eur.101); —
1. rushes, in Nile Exodus 2:3, 5 (E); קָנֶה וָסוּף Isaiah 19:6 (of Egypt).
2. usually in combination יַםסֿוּף probably = sea of rushes or reeds (> sea of (city) Suph), which Greek included in wider name θάλασσα Ἐρυθρἀ, Red Sea (compare DiExodus 13:18 and especially WMMAs. u. Eur. 42 f., who explains as name originally given to upper end of Gulf of Suez, extending into Bitter Lakes, shallow and marshy, whence reeds (probably also reddish colour)); **compare also CheEB RED SEA. — name applied only to arms of Red Sea; most often
a. to Gulf of Suez Exodus 10:19; Joshua 2:10 (both J), Exodus 13:18; Exodus 15:4, 22; Exodus 23:31 (all E), Deuteronomy 11:4; Joshua 4:23 (D), Numbers 33:10, 11 (P), elsewhere late Nehemiah 9:9; Psalm 106:7; Psalm 106:9; Psalm 106:22; Psalm 136:13; Psalm 136:15.
b. sometimes to Gulf of Akaba 1 Kings 9:26, and דֶּרֶךְ יַםסֿוּף Numbers 21:4 (E), probably also Numbers 14:25 (E), Deuteronomy 1:40; Deuteronomy 2:1; perhaps Judges 11:16; Jeremiah 49:21; possibly read מִיַּםסֿוּף for מוֺל ס׳ Deuteronomy 1:1 (see below).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:3; 2:5; 10:19; 13:18; 13:18; 15:4; 15:22; 23:31

Numbers

14:25; 21:4; 33:10; 33:11

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:40; 2:1; 11:4

Joshua

2:10; 4:23

Judges

11:16

1 Kings

9:26

Nehemiah

9:9

Psalms

106:7; 106:9; 106:22; 136:13; 136:15

Isaiah

19:6

Jeremiah

49:21

Jonah

2:6

H5488

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Strong's Number H5488 matches the Hebrew סוּף (sûp̄),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - And the LORD turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - “And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River.[fn] For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - “Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:10 - They moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - ‘But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and we skirted Mount Seir for many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - “what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots: how He made the waters of the Red Sea overflow them as they pursued you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - “for the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - ‘Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - ‘for when Israel came up from Egypt, they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath[fn] on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 - “You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,
And heard their cry by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies,
But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - To Him who divided the Red Sea in two,
For His mercy endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,
For His mercy endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - The earth shakes at the noise of their fall;
At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
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